"Naruto isn't very smart..."

[Vapid]

Why are people still talking about this? The guy is not a genius and he'll never be. He has some pretty good intellect feats, but they become irrelevant when he displays his idiocy.

 

[King Of Pop]

...which ended up being the right thing to do

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If anything that shows extreme intelligence on naruto's part for predicting that.

no, obito hadnt gotten the erasing omyoudon by then against hiruzen as the latter wasnt erased. it was when he gained full control of the juubi that he gained that ability. naruto wasnt even aware of anything like that, he didnt predict shit. he just wasnt smart enough to know that edos cant die though its hiruzen so he will show concern

 

[take it easy]

hes below average in smarts. lets not blows stuffs out of proportion.

he already has average intelligence in last databook.

 

[Tantalus Thief]

He is pretty smart but has his dumb moments.

 

[iNotorious]

Smart in battle but somewhat typical shounen protagonist role.

 

[SasukeSaviourofUchiha]

Is that the best you can come up with? LUL. You're a 2014 member, you don't have a power here.

Is that the best u can do? Ur a 2011 member, u have no life and no brain POWER in there...

 

[flyingpigwaffle]

Narutos only problem is that he cant put his thoughts into words. He seems to only have that ability while hes tnjing someone and afterwards loses it.

What i mean is that offen he makes the impression that he knows what he wants to say but doesnt know how

 

[Seventh Sama]

Genius in battle, Average outside of battle.

 

[ultraChalk]

Naruto acting rediculously dumb is ooc.

Is Actually has a name PIS- plot induced stupidity.

Basically, just like how characters eyes pop out, they shrink, their heads throw big, etc... Doesnot mean we take it literally.

It is obvious that the few instances (3 or 4) of Naruto's extreme stupidity is simply there for comedic effect.
It's similar to madaras peeimg gag and Hashirama depression gag.

Manga are full of them. Every character in one piece has a rediculous gag.

If you can't reason through pure comedic plot devices then you should not be reading naruto, as it is too complicated for you to understand.

The target audience for naruto is 12-17 year old kids. Obviously, kishi add points irrvelent to plot or character development, in orde to appeal to his genre.

Excellent post and explanation, I'm saving this in my notes and responding with this every time somebody posts a panel like the aboves

 

[ultraChalk]

Why are people still talking about this? The guy is not a genius and he'll never be. He has some pretty good intellect feats, but they become irrelevant when he displays his idiocy.

So whenever he acts clumsy that immediately throws all of his credit out the window?

Hm.

no, obito hadnt gotten the erasing omyoudon by then against hiruzen as the latter wasnt erased. it was when he gained full control of the juubi that he gained that ability. naruto wasnt even aware of anything like that, he didnt predict shit. he just wasnt smart enough to know that edos cant die though its hiruzen so he will show concern

So its suddenly a crime to have a big heart, huh

He is pretty smart but has his dumb moments.

I can agree with that, he is a clumsy teenager at heart

 

[Angelic.]

whos a stoopider shonen main, naruto or luffy? id say luffy. they have their moments of comedy(stupidity) but when it comes down to it they kick ass.

 

[Gamaken]

On page 4 of the Second Databook, it says Naruto was born with several retarted conditions.

Is this true?

 

[BloodSeed]

-Learned a forbidden tech developed by the second hokage himself in about an hour.
-Advised a plan to save his teacher against an S rank criminal at 12 years old, on his first mission and match under unbelievably terrible circumstances
-Formed a plan in the middle of battle to defeat Kiba, by himself with no assistance
-Schooled the Hyuuga clan prodigy on destiny in the midst of a match and tricked him in the last second to win
-Advised a strategy to defeat and reseal a bijuu, at 12 years old
-Learned Rasengan in a week with minor guidance
-Learned to apply his nature to rasengan in about a day, jiraiya didnt even do this in his whole lifetime
-Mastered Sage mode that his teacher couldn't, at a much much younger age.
-Took the extremely vague advice from Jiraiya to defeat the man who destroyed the hidden leaf village
-Gained mastery of his KCM mode in minutes
-Developed a mini TBB in that same mode within minutes, the advanced tech of his father that took him years to learn the weaker version
-Smarter than hachibi. Solved the mystery of defeating the 3rd Raikage that 100s of 1000s of soldiers couldn't figure out, and that hachibi himself couldn't figure in years
-Gained mastery of Bijuu mode the absolute instant he unlocked it
-Learned mastery of sharing chakra and healing others in minutes
-Surpassed the previous leaf prodigy, as kurama said himself
-Surpassed the pervy sage which is an accomplishment in itself
-Gained mastery over the great Sage of Six Paths blessing the instant he unlocked it
-Learned to fly a couple minutes ago and is quickly adjusting to manipulating his gravity midair and controlling his speed while doing so
-Is currently learning to manipulate Bijuu KKGs while in the midst of battle, and when and how to use them
-Is currently landing clean hits on God and forming strategies out the ass

Let me taste those tears.

he is minatos son
naruto is smart.

 

[ultraChalk]

Is this true?

No, it is very false that person is just trolling

whos a stoopider shonen main, naruto or luffy? id say luffy. they have their moments of comedy(stupidity) but when it comes down to it they kick ass.

Luffy isn't really stupid, he just acts on instinct like an animal

 

[Gagster]

Naruto may not be the smartest character in the NV ( debatable) But he certainly has more common sense than "Geniuses" Like Sasuke and Neji.

XD XD Sasuke going to the Kage Summit has to be the single stupidest thing in the manga.

 

[Retsu]

Naruto acting rediculously dumb is ooc.

Is Actually has a name PIS- plot induced stupidity.

Basically, just like how characters eyes pop out, they shrink, their heads throw big, etc... Doesnot mean we take it literally.

It is obvious that the few instances (3 or 4) of Naruto's extreme stupidity is simply there for comedic effect.
It's similar to madaras peeimg gag and Hashirama depression gag.

Manga are full of them. Every character in one piece has a rediculous gag.

If you can't reason through pure comedic plot devices then you should not be reading naruto, as it is too complicated for you to understand.

The target audience for naruto is 12-17 year old kids. Obviously, kishi add points irrvelent to plot or character development, in orde to appeal to his genre.

I'd love to see someone counter this

 

[Uchiha Marshmallow]

Is this true?

Yes it is, my scanner is broken, so you'll have to find a scan for that online.

 

[KisuneUchiha]

He is not using the bin kkgs himself, the biju go it for him, son Goku put his chakra into the FRS, Shukaku put his chakra into the Rasengan, Kokuo used its chakra to increase Naruto's power. Naruto food none of those things on his own...

Also Naruto has had so many dumb moments that others have posted, plus many more

 

[ultraChalk]

He is not using the bin kkgs himself, the biju go it for him, son Goku put his chakra into the FRS, Shukaku put his chakra into the Rasengan, Kokuo used its chakra to increase Naruto's power. Naruto food none of those things on his own...

Also Naruto has had so many dumb moments that others have posted, plus many more

You're fooling yourself if you think he had nothing to do with the manipulation of that chakra

Every character has their dumb moments, your point?

 

[cafe123]

Naruto is stupid in life but his battle sense/tactics is very underrated, he does not get enough credit for that IMO.